WORLD.—“The story of the ‘firebrand,’ Rollo Blair, a Scottish gentleman-adventurer, and his two incongruous associates, of the Abbot of Montblanch, the kidnapping of the Queen, the outlawry of Ramon Garcia, the outwitting of Cabrera by Rollo, and the doings of the gipsies, is decidedly good.”
DAILY TELEGRAPH.—“A full-blooded tale of adventure.”
DAILY NEWS.—“The story is a good one.... Will be read with interest and pleasure.”
GLOBE.—“Mr. Crockett is a born story-teller; he has the knack of spirited and sentimental narration. In ‘The Firebrand’ he runs to the length of 519 pages, and none of his admirers would desire that they should be fewer.”
MARION CRAWFORD
Price 6s.
Marietta: a Maid of Venice
THE TIMES.—“A good story, as is usual with Mr. Crawford. Custom does not stale him; ‘the tea is not weak,’ as an experienced novelist admitted was the case with his own productions.”
PUNCH.—“Marion Crawford is at his very best in ‘Marietta: A Maid of Venice.’ It is a powerfully dramatic story of Venice under ‘The Ten,’ told in a series of picturesque scenes described in strikingly artistic word-painting, the action being carried on by well-imagined, clearly defined characters. Perfect is the description of Venice, and of the hour of Ave Maria. Hero and heroine are skilfully drawn types; while the quaint old salt Pasquale, retired from active naval service and now gate-porter to Beroviero, the celebrated glass-blower, is drawn with the keenest sense of humour.”